Does the phone have to be in the cradle to work?
1514
Yes. Bluetooth or speaker is highly recommended because of power amplification.
825221
No. As you can see from the picture, the phone has to set into the base charging unit. It's a great phone.
28806
Phone sits in cradle. Cradle looks just like the one you hook into air vent just thicker. I didn't notice much difference using it in an area with bad reception.
1217659
No but only cause of the piece at the top that locks it into the cradle (it juts out to create an L type shape). Other than that it's a little taller than an iPhone and about 3x the thickness of one
468261
Hmmm-try another phone on the cradle or plug in w/cord to audio to see if it works on that option.If no response-my best guess is death.
260160
There does not appear to be. I would look elsewhere for a model which has a wall cradle.
893496
yes and like the other user said, it DOES NOT come with a cradle. That was the main reason why I went with this over the other brands.
1240150
I don't believe it will fit in the cradle but you can blue tooth stream to it if you get that option. Fantastic radio.
177154
Yes, this is a cradle design, it works very well for me... I live far out in the country and have 4g singal with this unit, wheither you use your phone as a hotspot or teather to your computer it should work well... I would suggest to unplug all connectons when not in use because is keeps the base hot and will burn out like my first one did with only the antenna connected when not in use... but Wilson's warranty replaced it very quickly so AAA+++ to Wilson. I hope that this helped...
614072
The cradle part has a ratcheting design, you can clamp the phone in quite tightly and if you want - you can remove the phone, tighten one more notch and slide the phone in for an even tighter fit.
970765
Sorry it's taken so long to answer this but I was not at the house where the phones are until now. The phones do in fact stand on their own without being in the cradle. The have a flat bottom. Hope this helps. I really like them.
891335
The phone sits perfect in the cradle. I even installed a longer cord so I can walk around my entire apartment and talk on the phone. But it sits perfectly. I love it and it's never given me any problems!
510122
It should prompt you when you put the phone in the cradle...if not, you can change it in your phone settings.
1324680
For our use, the phone has to be in the cradle at all times. We have to also have the unit plugged into a charger and another connection to use. Therefore, we are pressing the phone, cradle and two cables to our heads when we speak to the outside world. Wilson does have whole home units but they are several hundred dollars. I got the Sleek so we could decide whether we wanted to invest in a whole home unit. So far, the answer is no. Our reception is still poor most of the time.
1418786
I guess it depends how weak the signal is where you are. In my case I was able to get LTE coverage in areas where I was only getting 3G before. This device will boost and existing signal. Yes the phone must be in the cradle.
1652618
The antenna in the cradle is a close proximity antenna so yes the phone needs to be in the cradle. As far as the hot spot I would think it should work as long as the hotspot is cdma 3g compatible. To my knowledge this booster is not lte compatible.
527692
I have no idea because my cradle is working fine. My suggestion is to test in another cradle or other Z1 in your cradle. Regards.